Customize the Quick Access Toolbar and a ribbon

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Similar to other Microsoft Office products, users can add their frequently used command to the Quick Access toolbar or customize a ribbon to speed up their work. This video covers the OneNote MOS exam objectives of personalizing a default ribbon and adding a pen or highlighter to the Quick Access toolbar.

- [Voiceover] In this video, we'll continue our exploration…of OneNote and some customization.…We'd walk you through how to customize…the Quick Access Toolbar as well as customizing a ribbon.…By customizing the Quick Access Toolbar,…we give ourselves a way of making commands…that we may use all the time,…easier to get to by putting them right on the toolbar.…We'll also take a look at adding commands to the ribbon.…Now while we're looking at this in OneNote,…you may be familiar with this…from other programs that you've worked on.…

Again, if you're following along, feel free to use…the Office Move Planning notebook that we created earlier…or again, you can open any notebook that you're working on.…So, what's our favorite command?…Well, of course, Undo.…In the upper left hand corner of our screen,…it's where our Quick Access Toolbar lives.…If I click the drop-down to open up…the Quick Access Toolbar, I can see that the Undo button…is already there.…

Maybe I'll go ahead and add the Redo…which simply undoes and undo.…

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4/25/2016

Become a Microsoft Office Specialist. Study to pass the Microsoft OneNote 2013 certification exam. This course, created by Microsoft Project MVP Julie Sheets, helps test-takers prepare for exam 77-421, which covers the four main skill areas in OneNote 2013.

The course first explores the MOS certification program and its costs, format, and objectives. Julie then walks through all of the exam objectives in detail. Learn how to create notebooks and add notes, sections, and pages. Find out how to customize and personalize OneNote, including creating templates and configuring OneNote Backstage. Then discover how to organize and find notes, edit text and images, link content between notebooks and from other programs, and share and collaborate with other OneNote users.

There are over a half dozen challenges to test your skills, and a full-length, 50-minute practice test to ensure you're ready for the real exam.

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